LIM-49 Nike Zeus

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LIM-49 Nike zeus na odpalovací rampě
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NIKE ZEUS (XLIM-49A)
TTD
Length: 44 ft 3 in ( m)
Weight: 11000 lbs ( kg)
Diameter: 3 ft ( m)
Span: 9 ft 9.6 in ( m)
Speed: supersonic
Range: 200 miles
Drive:
a two-stage rocket engine on solid fuel, the first stage of 400000 lbs of thrust.
Guidance: radio-command
Head: probably plan to carry a 20 kt warhead
Supplier: Western Electric

NIKE ZEUS (XLIM-49B)
TTD
Length: 48 ft 4 in ( m)
Weight: 22800 lbs ( kg)
Diameter: 3 ft ( m)
Wingspan: 8 ft ( m)
Speed: supersonic
Avail: 174 miles
Range: 250 miles
Drive:
1.degree: rocket engine with solid propellant Thiokol TX-135, 450000 lbs of thrust.
2.degree: rocket engine with solid propellant Thiokol TX-238.
3.degree: rocket engine with solid propellant Thiokol TX-239.
Guidance: radio-command
Warhead: W-50 (thermonuclear) warhead of 400 kt
Supplier: Western Electric

Source: James N. Gibson - Nuclear Weapons of the United States, An Illustrated History, Schiffer publishing, 1996.
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